US4130194A - Apparatus for erecting and aligning articles - Google Patents

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US4130194A
US4130194A US05/838,087 US83808777A US4130194A US 4130194 A US4130194 A US 4130194A US 83808777 A US83808777 A US 83808777A US 4130194 A US4130194 A US 4130194A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
    • B65G47/22—Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors
    • B65G47/24—Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors orientating the articles
    • B65G47/256—Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors orientating the articles removing incorrectly orientated articles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
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    • B65G47/04—Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles
    • B65G47/12—Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from disorderly-arranged article piles or from loose assemblages of articles
    • B65G47/14—Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from disorderly-arranged article piles or from loose assemblages of articles arranging or orientating the articles by mechanical or pneumatic means during feeding
    • B65G47/1407—Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from disorderly-arranged article piles or from loose assemblages of articles arranging or orientating the articles by mechanical or pneumatic means during feeding the articles being fed from a container, e.g. a bowl
    • B65G47/1442—Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from disorderly-arranged article piles or from loose assemblages of articles arranging or orientating the articles by mechanical or pneumatic means during feeding the articles being fed from a container, e.g. a bowl by means of movement of the bottom or a part of the wall of the container
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  • the present invention relates to an apparatus for erecting elongated shaped articles, such as bottles, cans and elongated articles of various shapes and sizes, and for aligning the erected articles.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 3,690,437 discloses an apparatus of this type wherein the articles are charged into a funnel-shaped hopper and are conveyed out of the hopper on parallel conveyors on which the articles lie. The articles are then erected and the erected articles are gravitationally fed through perpendicular shafts onto horizontal supports where they are aligned.
  • This apparatus cannot be adapted to different sizes of articles and, at most, can work with two shapes.
  • it has a multiplicity of moving parts which wear and must be frequently repaired and/or replaced.
  • the arrangement is such as to be prone to malfunctioning in the erection of the articles.
  • the erected articles are deposited directly on the collecting conveyor band, the guide disclosed in the patent for moving the erected articles onto the conveyor band frequently causing the same to be pushed over.
  • a commercially efficient apparatus of this type can be built only at considerable expense.
  • an apparatus which comprises a housing defining an open top for randomly receiving a multiplicity of the elongated shaped articles.
  • a disc is mounted in the housing for rotation about an inclined axis of rotation whereby the disc extends in a plane enclosing an angle with the horizontal and the rotating disc has a zenith and nadir.
  • the disc has a circumferential edge adjacent the housing and the edge defines openings capable of permitting the articles to pass therethrough, and shafts associated with the openings and descending therefrom.
  • a stationary annular support plate is mounted in a plane immediately below the plane of the disc and in registry with the openings in the circumferential edge of the disc, the annular support plate defining an opening at the zenith for permitting communication between a respective opening in the circumferential disc edge and the shaft associated therewith.
  • the associated shaft at the zenith has a perpendicularly extending axis whereby the randomly received articles gravitate to the nadir, are revolved by the rotating disc to the zenith while supported in the openings on the annular support plate and pass sequentially through the opening at the zenith into the shaft while being erected therein.
  • a generally horizontally extending elongated conveyor means receives the sequentially erected articles from the shaft at the zenith and transports them in alignment away from the shaft.
  • FIG. 1 is a side elevational view of one embodiment of the apparatus of this invention
  • FIG. 2 is a top view thereof
  • FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken through the axis of the apparatus of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 4 is a top view of FIG. 3, taken in the direction of the axis of the rotating disc;
  • FIG. 5 is an enlarged side view of a gravity transfer shaft for a bottle
  • FIG. 6 is a top view of FIG. 5;
  • FIG. 7 is a view similar to that of FIG. 5, showing a subsequent operational stage
  • FIG. 8 is a top view of FIG. 7;
  • FIG. 9 is a view similar to that of FIG. 5 but showing a modified gravity transfer shaft adapted for handling open cans;
  • FIG. 10 is a top view of FIG. 9;
  • FIG. 11 is a view similar to that of FIG. 9, the can being turned 180°;
  • FIG. 12 is a section along line A--A of FIG. 11;
  • FIG. 13 is a top view of FIG. 11;
  • FIG. 14 is a view similar to that of FIGS. 5 and 9 but showing yet another embodiment of a gravity transfer shaft adapted for handling a brush attached to a screw cap;
  • FIG. 15 is an axial section of FIG. 14.
  • FIG. 16 is a top view of FIG. 14.
  • the illustrated apparatus for erecting and aligning articles comprises a housing 2 wherein there is mounted obliquely inclined, rotating disc 1.
  • Housing 2 consists essentially of cylindrical housing portion 3 which is open on top and extends above disc 1 coaxially with the axis of rotation of the disc, and funnel-shaped housing portion 4 extending below the disc and also coaxial with the axis of rotation thereof.
  • the rotating disc is mounted in a plane separating top housing portion 3 from bottom housing portion 4 and its circumference is adjacent the housing wall.
  • the circumference of disc 1 defines equi-distantly arranged openings 5 for receiving articles delivered randomly into housing 2 through the open top thereof, which articles gravitate towards the pit or nadir defined between the lower part of obliquely inclined disc 1 and are entrained by the disc rotating in direction 29 towards the highest point or zenith of the disc.
  • Article transfer shafts 6 are in communication with openings 5 and project downwardly therefrom into bottom housing portion 4. The shape and length of article receiving openings 5 will be described hereinafter in connection with the different embodiments of the apparatus designed for handling articles of different shapes.
  • the circumference of rotating disc 1 is constituted by a ring of segments 7 each of which defines a respective opening 5, the segments being replacably mounted on the disc so that they may be exchanged for segments with different openings adapted for the handling of differently shaped articles, such as small or larger bottles, cans and other objects to be erected and aligned in a continuous operation.
  • support disc 8 exchangeably mounts the ring of segments 7 about disc 1 which is held on support disc 8 for co-rotation therewith.
  • a support base including upright 13 has affixed thereto bearing box 12 wherein drive shaft 10 is mounted for rotation by drive 9.
  • Tubular shaft 11 is affixed to drive shaft 10 for rotation therewith, the tubular shaft supporting disc 8 and disc 1 for rotation in the direction of arrow 29 (see FIG. 4).
  • Each article transfer shaft 6 is defined by rear wall 14 and two side walls 15 converging towards the rear wall.
  • the rear walls of all shafts 6 are arranged annularly about the axis of rotation of disc 1, the front wall of the shafts being constituted by the wall of funnel-shaped bottom housing portion 4.
  • the shafts are affixed to the rotary structure, for instance by the illustrated fastening elements 34 affixing the upper and lower ends of rear walls 14 to supporting disc 8 and to lower supporting disc 35 respectively, the latter being mounted on drive shaft 10. In this manner, transfer shafts 6 are revolved around the axis of rotation during the rotation of disc 1.
  • the bottom of shafts 6 is open to provide access to bottom wall 16 of housing portion 4.
  • the bottom wall may either be affixed to bottom housing portion 4 to remain stationary or it may be keyed to the drive shaft of disc 1 for rotation with the disc and shafts 6.
  • the latter mounting will be preferred for handling very sensitive articles, in which case it may not be sufficient to reduce friction by providing soft linings, such as carpeting or the like.
  • transfer shafts 6 The height of transfer shafts 6 is so selected that they can hold at least one of the articles delivered randomly to housing 2 in an erected position, optimum efficiency being obtained if this height is sufficient to hold two superposed erected articles.
  • An annular support plate 19 is affixed to the wall of upper housing portion 3 just below rotating disc 1, generally in the plane of support disc 8, the support plate being arranged to close the passage between respective openings 5 and their associated shafts 6.
  • the plate is interrupted or has a cut-out opening permitting communication between opening 5 and transfer shaft 6 at this point and so shaped as to enable the articles delivered to the apparatus to fall into the shaft wherethrough it is gravity-fed in erected position to bottom wall 16 whence it is subsequently transferred at 17 to conveyor 18.
  • rotating disc 1 delivers subsequent bottle 26 to another support plate 20 affixed to the wall of lower housing portion 4 below support plate 19.
  • Support plate 20 extends over an arc below the cut-out in support plate 19 above transfer point 17 and is spaced from plate 19 a distance sufficient to permit an erected article to be supported thereon.
  • Side walls 15 of shafts 6 have respective slits 21 and 22 for receiving fixed support plates 19 and 20 as the transfer shafts revolve.
  • the inclination of disc 1 with respect to the horizontal depends primarily on the size, shape and nature of the articles to be erected and aligned, transfer point 17 from the disc to shaft 6 being located at the highest point of the disc, and the articles erected in the shafts being gravity fed therein to conveyor 18 whereon the erected articles are aligned in succession.
  • the axis of shaft 6 must be perpendicular to assure proper transfer of the erected articles to the horizontal conveyor.
  • Conveyor 18 runs substantially tangentially with respect to the direction of rotation of disc 1.
  • bottom 23 which rises radially outwardly from the axis of rotation.
  • Bottom 23 defines slot 24 with the wall of upper housing portion 3, which slot is in communication with openings 5 in the circumference of disc 1, thus providing an open passage at the lowest point or pit of the disc.
  • this arrangement serves to pre-sort the randomly delivered articles which fall through slot 24 and come to rest on support plate 19 in an aligned position in openings 5.
  • eccenter or crank drive 25 is mounted on disc 1 and associated with wedge-shaped bottom 23 to reciprocate the bottom in a radial direction to close slot 24 between openings 5, the cranking of bottom 23 being synchronized with the rotation of disc 1 and bottom 23 being held against rotation.
  • FIGS. 5 to 8 illustrate successive stages of the erecting and aligning operation in connection with an embodiment of the apparatus designed for handling bottle 26.
  • the bottle As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, as inclined disc 1 is rotated in the direction of arrow 29 towards the highest point of the disc, the bottle remains lying horizontally on annular support plate 19 in opening 5, being further supported in the horizontal position by engagement of its neck portion 30 with the rim of opening 5.
  • the length of the opening is substantially the same as that of the body of bottle 26, the opening being shaped to receive and hold the bottle on annular support plate 19 as disc 1 rotates thereover in the direction of arrow 29, with neck portion 30 projecting beyond opening 5 to engage the rim of the opening.
  • FIGS. 7 and 8 in comparison with FIGS.
  • FIGS. 9 to 16 show the erection and alignment of differently shaped articles, the embodiment of FIGS. 9-13 being designed for cans 27 which are open at one end while the embodiment of FIGS. 14 to 16 can handle a brush attached to a screw cap.
  • Like reference numerals designate like parts operating in an equivalent manner in all embodiments to obviate redundancy in the description, only those parts differing from the first described embodiment which are designated by different numerals.
  • a nose 31 projects into opening 5 in the direction of rotation 29 for engagement with can 27 which rests horizontally on support plate 19 in opening 5, in a manner described in connection with bottle 26.
  • can 27 When can 27 is positioned with its open end facing in a direction opposite to the direction of rotation 29, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, nose 31 will project into the open end of the can and, as the passage between opening 5 and associated shaft 6 is opened, the inwardly projecting nose will force the can to fall into the shaft in erected position, with the open end on top.
  • a nose 32 projects into the shaft from one of the side walls 15 thereof diametrically opposed to nose 31 and extending in a direction opposite to that of rotation 29 to enable an oppositely disposed can (see FIGS. 11 and 13) to fall into shaft 6 in erected position.
  • tangentially extending guide 33 is mounted in alignment with rear wall 14 of shaft 6 at transfer point 17 to guide bottle 26' or can 27' from shaft 6 to conveyor 18 whereon the erected articles are aligned.
  • Shaft 6 of FIGS. 14 to 16 is shaped to receive and guide a specialty item 28, i.e. a brush attached to a cap, as used for cosmetic appliances, such as a nail polish applicator.
  • a specialty item 28 i.e. a brush attached to a cap
  • the shaft in this embodiment has an upper funnel-shaped portion and a lower cylindrical portion dimensioned to hold article 28 erect.
  • Proper guidance of this article to conveyor 18 is assured by the arrangement of a pair of superposed guides 33 mounted in recesses in rear wall 14 of shaft 6.
  • the articles are transferred in their erected position in shaft 6 to conveyor 18 extending below the rotating shaft in horizontal alignment with a horizontal rim portion of bottom wall 16 (see FIG. 3).
  • the apparatus described hereinabove and illustrated in connection with certain now preferred embodiments thereof has the substantial advantage that it can handle bottles, cans and other elongated shaped articles of various sizes and shapes, adaptation of the apparatus to such different articles requiring only replacement of the circumferential disc edge segments with different openings. Furthermore, the articles are handled very gently in the apparatus while being erected and aligned in upright position so that it is possible to handle even small glass bottles and to handle various articles without damage to labels affixed thereto. Also, the articles are guided to the conveyor means in their upright position without any danger of falling over. In addition, the apparatus has few moving parts so that wear is reduced to a minimum.
  • the converging side walls of the shafts gravity feeding the erected articles to the narrow bottoms of the shafts improve the alignment of the successive erected articles so that they stand side-by-side at the transfer point to the conveyor.
  • the tops of the shafts are wide enough to receive the falling articles as they change from their initial horizontal into the upright position. It is immaterial in what direction the articles face as they are evolved on the rotating disc to the zenith, the article always falling upright through the perpendicular shaft at the zenith.
  • the apparatus works with a minimum of noise and its cost of manufacture is considerably less than that of apparatus of the same type heretofore used.

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